The sound of guns ____the peace of the countryside, which got the villagers into panic.

   A. abused                B. struck              C. violated          D. twisted

请以My Home Town为话题写一篇100词左右的发言稿。

开头已给出：

Hello, classmates.Today I will introduce my home town.

假设你是李华，你校英语社团将选举新一届主席，你打算参加竞选。请你用英语写一篇竞选演讲稿。内容包括：

1.     个人的优势介绍（性格、能力等）；

2.     当选后的打算；

3.     表达当选的愿望。

注意：词数100左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）。

Good afternoon, everyone,

   My name is Li Hua. It's my honor to run for president of the English Club in our school. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  That’s all. Thank you.

    文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

  增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号() 并在其下面写出该加的词。

  删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

  修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

  注意:每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Mrs.Green,

    I'm Wang Feng, chairman of the Students’ Union of Yucai Middle School, that is close to your university. I'm written to invite you to be a judge at our English speech contest. It will to be held in our school in June 15. It will starts at 2:00 pm and last for about three hours. Ten student will deliver their speeches on the giving topic "Man and Nature". We hope that you will accept our invitation so it is convenient for you. Please call me 44876655 if you have any questions.

    I am looking forward for your reply.

                                                                     Li Hua

W: Hi, Mr. Lee, I am   41   reporter from the New York Times. It will be great   42   you can tell me some information about chopsticks,   43    their origin and the materials they are made from.

M: Good question. Chopsticks originated in China, but they are  44   (wide) used in many Asian countries. Chopsticks may be made of any of the   45  (follow) materials: bamboo, wood, gold, silver, ivory, or plastic, and they may be   46   round or square. Some chopsticks are decorated   47  colored pictures. Ordinary chopsticks used in Chinese homes are made of wood or bamboo. In ancient times, the rich used jade or gold chopsticks to display their wealth. Many kings and emperors used silver chopsticks to see if their food had been poisoned.

W: OK, thank you. And I’d like to know why Chinese people use chopsticks.   48   not knives and forks, like Americans?

M: Oh, that is a good question. I think Chinese people choose chopsticks, rather than knives and forks, because Chinese people, under the influence of Confucianism, have traditionally   49   

(consider) knives and forks as symbolizing a type of violence. On the other hand, chopsticks reflect   50  (gentle) and kindness. And maybe Chinese food simply seems to taste better when eaten with chopsticks.

     Most drinks stating that they are fruit ¬flavored (水果味道的) contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.

   “Shoppers need to check the labels (标签) before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent，” said Food Commission spokesperson Ian Tokelove. “Food production is highly competitive. __11.__ It will increase profits, and consumers won't always realize they are being tricked.”

    Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors. Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry ¬flavored products sold in stores.  __12.__ Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit. In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.

__13.__ Let's take jam as an example. Some strawberry ¬flavored jam was labeled

as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.

    __14.__ Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought. Under current UK law, food packages do not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. “Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packet with pictures of strawberries is misleading.  __15.__ Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread,” Tokelove said. “It's time to take measures to protect the consumers' rights.”

A. The products which contain real fruit are popular with people.

B. Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit.

C. They found that about 60 percent of them didn't contain any fruit at all.

D. If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so.

E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products.

F. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all.

G. The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.

 The famous singer expressed particular ________for those children suffering from AIDS and said she would contribute some money for them.

A. apology                 B. satisfaction             C. concern                       D. appreciation

       For ages, sailors have said that it is a good luck to see dolphins swum alongside boats. Their presence meant that land is near, which will be vital informations if a boat and her crew are in danger. Some dolphins have even protected sailors which suffer shipwreck from sharks. There is no wonder that these unique and fascinating creatures have long known as our friends. Dolphins are thought to be intelligent animals because of its quick ability to learn. They seem to communicate with each other through a combination of whistles and clicks. While scientists don’t know exact what they are talking about, it is thought that dolphins are telling each other that food is nearby, or warning each other for approaching dangerous.

    Imagine this: You’re at the movies seeing the latest box-office hit. The leading actor Chases down(找到) the film’s bad guy before winning over the beautiful leading lady. What does he do next? He sucks on a cigarette.

    What’s wrong with this picture? Doesn’t the beautiful woman see her hero’s yellow teeth? Doesn’t she smell his smoky breath? And wouldn’t the good guy have trouble chasing, since smoking causes a person to cough?

    But you don’t see any of that when someone smokes cigarettes in the movies. And there is a lot of smoking in movies. Actors light up in more than 50 percent of youth-rated (G,PG,PG-13) movies, according to the American Legacy Foundation, which aims to put an end to smoking among young people. That means that Hollywood is showing 14 billion images of smoking to young people every year.

    All that exposure to on-screen smoking can influence teens to smoke. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) argues that 44 percent of teens who begin smoking do so because they’ve seen smoking in movies. The CDC reports that teens are two to three times more likely to start smoking after seeing repeated smoking scenes in movies than teens who are lightly exposed to smoking in movies.

    Several organizations are working to remove smoking in youth-rated movies. And adults are not the only ones who care about this issue. Many teens are actively involved. Livia Clandorf, 16, of Chatham, New York, is a member of Reality Check, an organization that educates teens about what it considers to be the manipulative(巧妙处理的)practices of tobacco companies. Livia participated in an event called a “movies stomp(跺脚).” Reality Check rents out a movie theater and screens a youth-rated film that shows smoking. Every time audience members see smoking, they stomp their feet and show disapproval by shouting”boo”.

28. What is the picture you are asked to imagine like according to the author?

        A. It’s touching            B. It’s beautiful.

        C. It’s frightening          C. It’s Unreasonable

29. What does the underlined part “light up” in paragraph 3 mean?

      A. Guide with a light.        B. Begin to smoke

      C. Show pleasure.             D.  Provide light.

30.What can be inferred from the CDC’s words?

    A. Over 50 percent of teens smoke.     

    B. Teens should watch more movies.

    C. Many movies cause teens to smoke.

    D. Teens are less likely to smoke than adults.

31. When will participants in a “movies stomp” stomp their feet?

  A. When they are active.           B. When they are excited.

  C. When they feel like smoking     D. When they see smoking scenes.                     

For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.

   I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to   1   the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the   2   turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very   uncertain   3  .

   The weeks ahead weren’t   4  . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities,   5   I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a   6   dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same   7   as I was before.

   You know that feeling when you wake up in   8  ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting   9  . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any   10  .

   So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to   11  . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me   12  . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you   13  !

   I put my   14   into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who   15   to give up his dream.

   And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a   16   contract (合同) for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into   17  . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was   18   shortly after.

   Don’t give up. Even if things look   19   now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the   20   to push beyond the river.

1. A. attend                    B. hold                               C. prepare                         D. enjoy

2. A. environment          B. economy                       C. opportunity             D. climate

3. A. choice                   B. danger                           C. desire                            D. future

4. A. quiet                      B. busy                              C. easy                              D. long

5. A. so                          B. but                          C. for                                 D. or

6. A. day                        B. week                              C. month                     D. year

7. A. town                      B. direction               C. situation                        D. habit

8. A. surprise                 B. fear                                C. delight                           D. peace

9. A. glory                      B. complaint                      C. love                              D. pain

10. A. appointment        B. progress                       C. commitment                  D. decision

11. A. read                     B. think                       C. write                       D. paint

12. A. hope                    B. wisdom                          C. pleasure                       D. inspiration

13. A. lack                     B. find                         C. bury                      D. need

14. A. disapproval  B. disagreement                C. dissatisfaction               D. disadvantage

15. A. refused                B. managed                       C. failed                      D. decided

16. A. writing           B. translating                     C. publishing               D. reviewing

17. A. ruin                      B. place                      C. pieces                           D. despair

18. A. rewarded             B. paid                        C. fired                               D. hired

19. A. different               B. unimportant                   C. strange                   D. tough

20. A. courage               B. chance                          C. time                               D. dream

I consider ____ a good idea to be trained in a special way to improve my spoken English

A. that    B. this

C. he    D. it

Modern inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly．Motor﹣cars cover a hundred miles in a little more than an hour．Aircrafts cross the world a day，while computers operate at a lightning speed．Indeed，this love of speed seems never﹣ending．Every year motor﹣cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts （吹嘘）of saving precious seconds in handling tasks．

All this saves time，but at a price．When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane，our bodies tell us so．We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet﹣lag（时差）； our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone．Again，spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers．Mobile phones also have their dangers according to some scientists； too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains，a consequence we do not like to think about．

However，what do we do with the time we have saved？Certainly not relax，or so it seems．We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing，or even just one thing at a time．Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio，letting imagination take us into another world．

There was a time when some people's lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle．No multi﹣tasking there； their lives went on at a much gentler pace，and in a familiar pattern．There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this．Yet before we do so，we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced：they farmed with bare hands，often lived close to hunger，and had to fashion tools from wood and stone．Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence．

8．The new products become more and more time﹣saving because　   　．

A．our love of speed seems never﹣ending       

B．time is limited

C．the prices are increasingly high                

D．the manufacturers boast a lot

9．What does"the days"in Paragraph 3refer to？　   　

A．Imaginary life                           

B．Simple life in the past

C．Times of inventions                         

D．Time for constant activity

10．What is the author's attitude towards the modern technology？　   　

A．Critical           

B．Objective             

C．Optimistic          

D．Negative

11．What does the passage mainly discuss？　  　

A．The present and past times              

B．Machinery and human beings

C．Imaginations and inventions           

D．Modern technology and its influence．

On a foggy evening, Steven took his old father to a restaurant for dinner. His father was very old and weak. While eating, he  41  dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other  42  watched him in disgust while his son was   43  .

The whole restaurant fell   44  . All the diners turned away from the father and son one after another while Steven   45  his father in a soft voice of a man, “Eat as   46   as you can, father. It will be weeks before I   47   back from my business trip.”

At that moment, the old father nodded with  48 , tears full of his eyes.

After he finished eating, Steven, his son, who was not at all  49  , quietly took him to the wash room,  50  the food particles(饭粒), removed the stains, combed his hair and  51   his glasses firmly.

When they came out, the entire restaurant was  52   them in dead silence, not able to understand   53  someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son  54   the bill and started walking out with his father.

At that time, an old man among the diners called out to the   55    and asked him, “Don’t you think you have   56   something behind?”.

The son replied, "No sir, I haven't".

The old man insisted, “Yes, you have! You left a(n)   57   for every son and hope for every   58  ”.

The restaurant went silent. All behind looked at Steven with regret and then, with great respect at both father and son, who were  59   into the fog.

To care for those who once cared for us is one of the  60   honors. We all know how our parents cared for us for every little thing. Love them, respect them, and care for them.

Noise pollution in cities is causing out health to suffer, according to the World Health Organization. Recently, researchers at the Free University of Brussels in Beigium have developed an applocation: NoiseTube. It allows everyone who downloads it the ability to measure the amount of noise they are exposed to by transforming their smart phone into a sound level meter.

NoiseTube works by recording sound levels and GPS locations. Once launched the app shows decibel(分贝) levels of green or red depending on the level of noise. That information is then sent to the NoiseTube server via the Internet where a "noise map" is produced and then made available to the user.

Since its launch, the app has been popular with community groups who want to monitor their own noise levels. According to D’hondt of the Noise Tube project, these groups don’t think that city produced noise maps give an adequate interpretation of the level of noise they’re experiencing. City produced noise maps are based on statistical models involving very few actual measurements.

NoiseTube on the other hand gives a detailed account of the level of noise experienced at a specific time and location. "Ten people walking the same area from 9 to 10 am every day for one week can make a valid(有效的) and detailed map for an area of a couple of blocks," D’Hondt said. “It’s reasonable effort by the community groups to produce these maps, and with it they can go to the authorities and have real evidence about what they’re experiencing.”

So far these sorts of noise maps have been produced for a number of European cities. The app has been downloaded by 10,000 people with 2,700 people registered on the NoiseTube website.

32. How does NoiseTube produce a “noise map?”

A. The NoiseTube server analyzes noise information vis the Internet.

B. The NoiseTube server analyzes noise information via GPS devices.

C. Decibel levels of noise are transformed by a unique device.

D. It produces a “noise map”automatically when it collects enough information.

33.The reliability of city produced noise maps is questionable because __________.

A. the research is based on only a few actual measurements

B. they can only be used at a specific time and location

C. their operating principles are not clear

D. the collected information isn’t enough to prove it

34. Why are community groups producing noise maps?

A. To make more people use noise maps

B. To prove they are useful tools to control noise pollution

C. To make the authorities aware they are experiecing noise pollution

D. To collect valid information for the researchers

35. This passage is most likely to be found in ________.

A. a geograph textbook                     B. a piece of newspaper

C. a reserch report                         D. a story-book

Jenny was a pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl (珍珠) necklace priced at $2.50. Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some housework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!

Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.

One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, could you give me your necklace?”

“Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay? ”

“Oh no, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Good night, little one.

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story. “Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite.”

“No, that’s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. ”

Several days later, when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. “Here, Daddy,” she said, holding out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’s hand.

With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue box. Inside the box was a real, beautiful pearl necklace. He had had it all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap necklace so he could give her a real one.

21. What did Jenny have to do to get the plastic pearl necklace?

A. She had to listen to her father tell a story every night.

B. She had to help her mother do some housework.

C. She had to ask her father to pay for the necklace.

D. She had to give away her favorite toys to the poor children.

22. From the text we know that ______.

A. Jenny’s mother paid a lot for the plastic pearl necklace

B. Jenny got a real pearl necklace from her father

C. Jenny didn’t like Rosy and Ribbons any longer

D. Jenny wore the necklace everywhere even in the shower

23. Jenny’s father asked for her plastic pearl necklace repeatedly in order to ______.

A. get it for himself                   B. train her character  

C. donate it                     D. put it away

24. What can be the best title for the text?

A. A Lovely Girl                        B. Father and Daughter

C. An Unforgettable Childhood           D.A Pearl Necklace

On a very cold winter day, there was a drunken guy ___41___decided that he would go fishing on the ice in the lake.

He packed up all his fishing tools and set out in search of a ___42___ (suit) spot. Eventually he came across a huge area of ice and decided that since he ___43___ (come) to the lake, he would stop there and gave it ___44___ go. He took out a saw(锯) from his tool box, and started to saw a hole in the ice. ___45___ (sudden), a loud voice beside him, “There is no fish here.” came. The drunken man looked ___46___ but he couldn’t find anyone. So he decided to ignore the voice and carried on ___47___(saw). Again, the voice sounded, “I’ve told you once, there is no fish here!” He looked at the surroundings again, but there were still no people there. So he returned to his task. “Stop it!” shouted the very sounding voice, “You’d better get out of here quickly ___48___ you will get into trouble.” “Who are you?” The drunken guy shouted. “You don’t scare me!” “Watch out and listen to me,” ___49___(reply) the voice, “I’m the ___50___(manage) of this Skating Rink!(溜冰场)”

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

One of a most challenging experiences that I had so far is moving to Miami from Paraguay when I was fifteen years old. On my first day of school, I became extremely nervously, because several uncertain thought occurred to me. Would people treat to me nicely? Would I like the school? However, before I got there, I felt something amazed about that place. All my nervous thoughts went away and I was totally relaxed because the teachers and the students were very friendly for me. Also, thanks to modern technology, it was easy for us to keep in touch with my friends and family back home, which helped me overcame the feeling of homesickness to some extent.

I hear many parents saying that their teenage children are rebellion(反叛的). I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they degree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one another’s hands for safety.

　　They say they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon(蚕茧) -----into a larger cocoon.

　　It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly opened up a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from newspapers and TV what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award(奖励) high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to great difficulty for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.

　　But the difficulty is worth getting over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come-----with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.

　　29. The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to tell_______.

　　   A. readers how to be popular in the word

　　   B. parents how to control and guide their children

　　   C. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves

　     D. people how to understand and respect each other

　　30. According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them______.

　　   A. have much difficulty in understanding each other

　　   B. dare not do things　

C. are not sure of themselves

　   　D. are very much afraid of getting lost

　　31. Which of the following is NOT true according to passage?

　   　A. There is no popularity that really counts.

　　   B. What many parents are doing is actually keeping their children from finding their own paths.

　  　C. It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

　　   D. Most teenagers say they want to do what they like to, but in fact they are doing the same.

　　32. During the teenage years, one should learn to_____.

　   　A. become different from others in as many ways as possible

　   　B. get into the right reason and become popular

　　   C. rebel against parents

D. find one’s real self

That afternoon，a disease forced Diana to experience an emergency operation to deliver the couple’s new daughter．At 12 inches long and  41  only one pound and nine ounces，she was a premature baby．

But the doctor’s soft words dropped like  42 ．“I don’t think she’s going to make it” he said．“There’s only a 10-percent  43  she will pull through the night，and even then，if by some chance she does make it，her future could be a very  44  one．”

David and Diana listened as the doctor  45  the serious problems the newly—born baby，Anna，would  46  face if she survived．She would never walk；she would never  47  ；she would probably be blind；and so on．

“No! No!” was all Diana could  48 ．She and David，with their 5-year-old son Dusfin，had long  49  the day they would have a daughter to become a  50  of four．Now，within a matter of hours，that dream was slipping away. But Diana insisted，“I don’t care what the doctors say! One day she will be coming home with us!”

Certainly，there was  51  a moment when Anna suddenly grew  52  ．But as the weeks went by，she did  53  gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of  54  there. At last，when Anna turned two months old，her parents were able to  55  her in their arms for the very first time though  56  continued to gently but coldly  57  that her chances of surviving，much less living any kind of normal life，were next to zero．

Finally，Anna went home from the hospital，just as her mother had  58  .Today，five years later，Anna is a little but lively young girl with bright gray eyes  59  a strong interest for life. She shows no  60  of any mental or physical injuries. Simply，she is everything a little girl can be．

41．A．showing              B．counting      C．measuring     D．weighing

42．A．gifts                    B．bombs         C．orders           D．comforts

43．A．chance               B．right            C．time             D．result

44．A．easy                   B．common      C．cruel              D．peaceful

45．A．solved                 B．collected    C．created         D．described

46．A．bravely               B．likely         C．completely     D．firmly

47．A．talk                     B．taste            C．breathe         D．see

48．A．act                      B．consider      C．say                D．refuse

49．A．gone through      B．given up      C．relied on               D．dreamed of

50．A．family                  B．group          C．team              D．unit

51．A．ever                   B．even            C．never                 D．still

52．A．happier               B．stronger      C．quieter          D．calmer

53．A．strangely            B．sharply        C．particularly    D．slowly

54．A．strength              B．progress    C．skill                D．wisdom

55．A．hold                    B．grasp                 C．touch             D．defend

56．A．nurses                    B．parents       C．relatives               D．doctors

57．A．notice                     B．warn            C．judge             D．urge

58．A．doubted              B．feared         C．hoped           D．accused

59．A．but                      B．and             C．so               D．or

60．A．effects                B．marks          C．signs                  D．evidences

In the year 2004, my family decided to migrate to the United States. 41 ,I  had to  leave the life 1 was accustomed to 42 .1 left my friends and most importantly, I left the        of graduating from elementary school as a valedictorian (毕业生代表)_ When I came to Guam. I started attending Benavente  Middle School as a sixth grader. However, because I came        ,    I only 45 be a sixth grader for four months.

     I've always done really   46  in school and I did not want moving to a different country to stop me from  47  my best. I made sure that my education was my first priority (首要任务).I did all my work, turned things in on time, as well as studied for tests and quizzes. I was 48 that finally, I would be able to go on stage and be part of the top ten. However, 49  my hard work, I found out that I could not be on   50 _ because I did not attend some  specific  lessons for the whole three years. Hearing this, I felt like all my hard work went to waste.

      I When 1 stained going to high school, I still kept that _51_ inside. 1 still could not believe that I worked so hard on something but my hard work didn't _52_.Finally, in Junior year, I  decided to let things go and not dwell on the past. I started 53 more time and effort into my studies and I saw improvement in my grades day _ 54    day. In the last year，I was so 55  of my grades and was excited to show them to my parents. I 56 the fact that I'm doing so well in school and I'm trying my best.

__57_they always say, everyone makes mistakes. The only 58 is that some people learn from them while others repeat them. Sometimes 59 we have to do is let things go. My experience taught me that valuable lesson. It is never good holding on to things and in order to move forward, you need to let go 60 the past.

41. A. However  B. Therefore       C. Moreover  D. Furthermore

42. A. behind       B. out            C. over          D. on

43. A. result       B. risk        C. chance        D. state

44. A. late     B. early           C. first     D. last

45. A. tried to B. intended to  C. meant to D. had to

46. A. badly        B. poorly          C. well       D. hard

47. A. studying B. performing      C. learning  D. putting

48, A. confident    B. lucky          C. happy       D. likely

49. A. because of   B. despite        C. in terms of      D. considering

50. A. this     B. them       C. it          D. myself

51. A. disappointment   B. excitement   C. agreement    D. moment

52. A. go off   B. fall off C. put off      D. pay off

53. A. adding   B. taking      C. putting       D. paying

54. A, after    B.by           C from           D. to

55. A. proud    B. ashamed      C ignorant    D. sure

56. A. know B. tell     C. accept       D. enjoy

57. A. When B. Since       C.As         D. For

58. A. point    B. key         C. difference    D. matter

59. A. all     B. everything    C. none     D. nothing

60. A. in      B. on           C. to           D. of